Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
PAUL SIMONThe trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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